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Ahmad Chalabi, the Iraqi politician who helped persuade the U.S. to invade, has died

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Ahmad Chalabi, the Iraqi politician who helped persuade the U.S. to invade, has died
Tuesday, November 3, 2015 4:38 AM EST

Ahmad Chalabi, the Iraqi politician who, from exile, helped persuade the United States to invade Iraq in 2003, and then unsuccessfully tried to attain power as his country was nearly torn apart by sectarian violence, died at his home in Baghdad on Tuesday. He was 71.

Mr. Chalabi is perhaps the single Iraqi most associated with President George W. Bush’s decision to invade Iraq and topple its longtime dictator, Saddam Hussein.

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